The Palin monologue was a pretty good routine. . . lots of snarky one liners competently delivered to a friendly crowd.  Did McCain borrow The Tonight Show writers?  Gov Palin has a promising future -- in standup comedy (da-da-drum).

But wait, now that I think about it Republican VPs and late show hosts have a common job requirement -- a willingness and abiility to  kiss up  and kick down.   Maybe NBC should think about replacing Leno with Palin instead of O'Brien.